The strong generals of the Volunteer Army Headquarters gathered, **Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, Han Xianchu, etc., everyone has experienced a hundred battles, made outstanding achievements, and is famous. Through the ** TV series "Crossing the Yalu River", many viewers knew that "Shiji" also has a legend that cannot be underestimated - Xie Fang. Xie Fang was the first chief of staff of the Chinese People's Volunteers. In "Crossing the Yalu River", the appearance rate of the solution is not very high, and it is not until the plot progresses to the "armistice negotiations" that the role of the solution increases. 
Even so, we see a wise, calm, meticulous, and eloquent solution. In fact, the "appearance rate" of the solution in the headquarters of the Volunteer Army is very high. Whenever there is a major military incident, Mr. Peng will order: "Call 'Xie Zhuge 'to talk about the situation." This "solution to Zhuge " is the solution. He is Mr. Peng's think tank and the chief of staff that Mr. Peng is very satisfied with. Mr. Peng has always been outspoken, and when he was awarded the title in 1955, he was very dissatisfied when he learned that Xie Fang was only awarded the rank of major general. He said more than once: "If Xie Fang is a major general, I will be a lieutenant general at most!.""Some people say: Xie Fang is an old soldier. Mr. Peng angrily reprimanded: "What's wrong with the old soldier's background?I'm also an old soldier......I think the solution is a competent chief of staff. "Because there are many factors to consider in the evaluation of military ranks, it is difficult to be absolutely fair, so the solution was finally awarded the rank of founding major general, ranking first on the list of major generals. So, at that time, there was a saying that "General Su Yu Town, General Xiao Ke Town, Lieutenant General Xu Liqing Town, and Major General Xie Fang Town". As early as the time of the "Northeast Army", Xie Fang was already the chief of staff with the rank of major general, so some comrades had to fight for him. However, for his military rank, Xie Fang did not care too much, let alone care, and the two words that Xie Fang said the most about his comrades' concern were "understanding". 
Because General Xie Fang once served as the chief of staff of the Volunteer Army, Xie Fang's reputation is greater than that of some low-ranking generals and lieutenant generals. The solution also has a nickname - "Xie Tiezui". At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Xie Fang was sent by Zhang Xueliang to enter Guizhou three times to lobby Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi to unite against Chiang Kai-shek. At that time, the solution's ability to speak and argue was highly respected by Li and Bai, and he called it "Xie Tiezui". During the armistice negotiations to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the eloquence of the settlement side was once again appreciated by the Chinese and DPRK negotiators, and on several occasions the US negotiators were embarrassed and speechless. General Xie Fang is a native of Liaoyuan, Jilin Province, and went to the Japanese Army Military Academy for further study in his early years. After returning from studying abroad, Xie Fang joined the Northeast Army, successively served as the captain of the Tianjin Security Corps, deputy brigade commander, and chief of staff of the major general, and participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang and the Battle of Xuzhou. During this period, Xie Fang has been secretly engaged in the party's work in the Northeast Army and has made great contributions. In 1940, Xie Fang came to Yan'an and disclosed his party membership for the first time. The chairman cordially received General Xie Fang: "When you go home, you will be liberated, and you will be liberated in the future." The general's original name was "Xie Ruchuan", and since then it has been renamed "Xie Fang". 
During the Liberation War, Xie Fang served as the deputy chief of staff of the Northeast Democratic Alliance Army, the deputy commander of the column, and the chief of staff of the 12th Corps. At the beginning of the Korean War, Xie Fang was appointed chief of staff of the 13th Corps, and as soon as he took office, he immediately began pre-war preparations. In a short period of more than a month, General Xie Fang familiarized himself with the personnel and equipment of his subordinate units, inspected in detail the topography, water potential, and bridges along the Yalu River, and collected a large amount of information on the battlefield situation in Korea. After taking office as the chief of staff of the Volunteer Army, General Xie Fang was called "Zhuge Liang in the army" by Mr. Peng. "The route and speed of the advance of the US and ROK forces, the strength and equipment of the enemy's various units, and even the names and characteristics of the main commanders can be fully understood. In mid-August 1950, the Korean People's Army marched southward and liberated 90 percent of south Korea. In light of the terrain of the DPRK and the operational characteristics of the US troops, General Xie Fang reported to Deng Hua and Hong Xuezhi that it was very likely that the US troops would make a large-scale landing in the central part of the DPRK and carry out a flanking attack on the Korean People's Army from the front and rear. General Xie Fang pointed out: If this happens, the Korean People's Army will be exposed to the enemy and will be in a very dangerous situation. In the end, Deng Hua, Hong Xuezhi, and Xie Fang jointly sent a report to the Central Military Commission. Based on this report, the leadership concluded that MacArthur might carry out a landing at Inchon in order to achieve his strategic goal of "cutting off the rear route of the Korean People's Army." As General Xie predicted, on 15 September, the US forces concentrated more than 70,000 troops, more than 200 ships, and 500 planes and forcibly landed at Incheon. Mr. Peng called the solution a "competent chief of staff" and admired his performance at the negotiating table. 
Mr. Peng once said: "There are not many people like Xie Fang who understand both military affairs and diplomacy." Mr. Peng once joked: "The solution should follow the prime minister to engage in diplomacy." When the Volunteers gradually seized the initiative on the battlefield and stabilized the front at the 38th parallel, the United States had no choice but to propose "armistice talks." As chief of staff of the Chinese People's Volunteers, General Xie Fang participated in a series of negotiations. General Xie Fang is quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and proficient in Japanese and English, and is one of the main negotiators of China and North Korea. At the negotiating table, the general's speech was swift and penetrating, and there was an indisputable logical force in his words, which showed his superb art of fighting against the enemy. During the negotiations on the issue of determining the military demarcation line and establishing a demilitarized zone, our representatives put forward a proposal to use the 38th parallel as the military demarcation line. However, the US side is reluctant to accept this plan. They believe that the "United **" has absolute superiority in the air and at sea, therefore, they want to be compensated on the ground, asking us to withdraw from the direction 120,000 square kilometers. This bandit logic was naturally severely refuted by our side. In a group meeting, the solution confronted: "I admit that you have the advantage of sea and air. But don't forget, we drove you to the 38th parallel with the army alone, and if we had also had the air force and navy, you would have been driven into the sea by us a long time ago, what else is there to talk about?The US representative was speechless. 
At another group meeting, the solution side ridiculed the US side in this way: "If you always talk about your superiority in the sea and air, then I will talk about the superiority of our armyThe U.S. negotiators could not refute it, and in the end they could only play tricks: "Then let the bombs, artillery and machine guns go to the debate!"With regard to the US side's threats and intimidation, the solution side deserves to be called "the solution of the iron mouth." He raised his eyebrows coldly and said righteously: "What you can't get at the negotiating table, you can't get it on the battlefield either!"After that, the armistice negotiations were forced to be suspended, and the United States launched a summer and autumn offensive, as a result, in more than two months of operation, the Volunteer Army annihilated the "United **" 15More than 70,000 people. After the failure of the military threat, the US side had to sit down at the negotiating table again. When the US representative repeated the old tune of "superiority in the sea and air," General Xie said a stiff sentence: "If you must talk about compensation, then we might as well talk about it: How can we compensate for the superiority of our ground forces?"The US representatives once again had a long time of reasoning, saying that the US military had already been deeply impressed by the superiority of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's combat effectiveness countless times, and in the end, they never mentioned its plan to compensate for the superiority of the sea and air. Li Kenong, who has been behind the scenes of the "armistice talks," is very satisfied with the solution's eloquence, and he has praised the solution more than once: "The solution is really worthy of being called 'Jie's iron mouth', he is good at using his brain, his speech is level, he is very smart, and he is a rare talent." After the talks, Joey said privately: "General Jiefang's diplomatic skills are amazing, and he often says something unexpected that makes his opponent unable to answer ......."”
After the end of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, General Xie Fang successively served as deputy director of the Military Training Department of the Central Military Commission, deputy director of education of the Military Academy, director of education and vice president of the Higher Military Academy. General Xie Fang was also elected as a deputy to the Seventh National Congress and a deputy to the First National People's Congress. In April 1984, General Xie Fang died suddenly due to illness at the age of 76. Here, let us pay tribute to General Xie Fang, the "Zhuge Liang in the army", and at the same time, we also pay tribute to all the heroic and mighty volunteer officers and soldiers!